The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-22 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR VV INDSOR, WEDNESDAY. —H er Majesty has not left the Castle to-day. The following personages w ill f orm t h e R oya l di nner Part this evening :—Her Royal Hi g h ness t h e D uc h ess o f dent , Lady Thrham, Baroness Lehzen, Lady Mary Stop r.ord, Lady Theresa DighT, the Hon. the Misses Cocks and C aven d'sh, Lord Fingall;the Hon. Win, Cowper, the Hon. A. Murray the 'Marquis Conyngham, the Hon Colonel Cavendish, and Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Cavendish. it is pow finally a rrange d t h at t h e C ourt will shortly 'remov e to Bright on , a l t h ough the day of her Majesty's de- o partu r e fro m the C ast l e i s not yet determ i ned upon ; but it 18 expected to be in the first week of the ensuing month. 8 'Viscou n t M elbourne gave the first Cabinet dinner this :!!snn, la st evening at his residene': in South-street. The nMinisters resentp were—The Lord Chancellor, the Mar uis of Lansdowne, Vis , ..,aunt Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, yile Chancellor of tln Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John vi obh o use, Lora Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and scount Howink• Lo The Commander of the Forces had an interview with rid Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office. fro gs be Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town yesterday his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. r ' Sergeant Arabin and Colonel O'Reilly had inter ews . with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing greet tievrile Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his resi n,reie in Downing -street yesterdayafternoon, from Hastings. th e ... D ue Spanish Minister: transacted business yesterday at The Office. e,, "e Alstrian, Turkish, Russian, and French Ambassa ur,ltransitcted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. v iseount Palmerston returned to town yesterd from Si -4 pshi re. ay John Hobhouse arrived in town on Monday. o f i g e spatche s f rom M a j or-General Napier, at the Cape of OffiT e u . d Hope, were received yesterday at the Colonial d s Pntches,, dated the od of July, were received yester t_ 3' at th e India Board from Lord Auckland, the Gover °Ten;,:ral of India. t erd e.sPatches, dated the 19th of July, were received y.es he a ...f at the India Board from the Officer administering Gove . rnment at the Presidency of Madras. b'esPatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign at Co ment for L or d P onson b y, the British A m b assa d or at th e nsta ntinoplef or the British Charges d'Affaires Court s of Persia an d St Petersburgh. LITERATURE► RANDOM SKETCHES OF CUTCH. Smith, London, 1888. The author of this work, Mrs. Postans, was for some time resident in the province of Cutch—which is an exten sive tract of laud, situated in the most northern part of Western India, and at the distance of about five hundred miles from the Presidency of Bombay. Of this province, which appears to be but little known to the generality of Indian travellers, the present volume gives some interest ing details, which, as the result of long personal experience on the part of the writer, deserve attention. Mrs. Postans, it seems, quitted Bombay for Cutch in one of the native vessels called a Kotia, which she thus describes : " These boats, from their peculiar build, roll and pitch dreadfully; they boast but one cabin, which is divided hori zontally, and, from the ridiculous lowntss et' both its compart ments, seems to have been intended only for the accommoda tion of an upper and a lower stratum of monkeys ; moreover so infested are they with rats, and every other description of the most uncompanionable vermin, that the sensitive voyager must either occupy the hold in joint tenure With his horses, dogs, and luggage, or devote himself to the full endurance of their attacks in the little den called a cabin, the single door of which gives full admission to the unsavory steams of onions and dried fish, which are at all times under culinary prepara tion. I have never on any occasion observed the crew use water for the purposes of ablution ; neither have I seen any attempt made to clean a. boat, or to put it into any sort of order. The whole scene is one of filth and confusion; fowl coops, cocoa nuts, cooking vessels, coir ropes and passengers mingled together, and surrounded by every ill savour that bilge water and native cookery can produce." In this charming vessel, Mrs. Postans, after a voyage which lasted some days, reached Mandavie, the principal sea-port of Cutch, which would appear, by her description, to be a place of some importance. " The principal manu facture carried on," she says, " is the weaving of cotton cloths," and the " most strikingly curious object in the city, is a large and well built palace, most grotesquely or namented by a variety of carvings, of dancing girls, tigers, and roystering-looking Dutch knaves ; each of the men holding a bottle and a glass, with a somewhat drunken, but most winning grace." The grace of a drunken attitude is somewhat questionable—but let that pass. Prom Man- Slavic, Mrs. Postans set out for Bhooj, the chief city of the province of Cutch, and supposed to contain " about thirty thousand inhabitants." Here she saw the reigning Prince—or Rao, as he is called—whom she represents as a young man of a truly amiable nature, and with good, but undisciplined, abilities. Not having the luck to be one of the wealthy native Indian sovereigns, he is but indifferently provided with elephants—the test of a flourishing exchequer in the East ; nevertheless, he has, it appears, a splendid palace, together with a " stud of about five hundred horses, with long tails, which are dyed red, in accordance with the native taste." Of the Prince's harem our authoress gives some amusing accounts. Some of the women she describes as being exceedingly beautiful ; but all of them are wholly uncultivated in point of mind, as is the case generally with females throughout the East. While Mrs. Postans was at Cutch, one of those barbarous funeral cere monies—which the resident British authorities have made so many vain attempts to suppress—entitled Suttees, took place, of which she gives the following particulars : " The widow was a remarkably handsome woman, apparently about thirty, and most superbly attired. Her manner was marked by great apathy to all around her, and by a complete indifference to the preparations which for the first time met her eye. All interference being useless, the ceremony pro ceeded. Accompanied by the officiating Brahmin, the widow walked seven times round the pyre, repeating the usual man tras, or prayers, strewinEs rice and coories on the ground, and sprinkling water from her hand over the bystanders, who be lieve this to be efficacious in preventing disease and in expiat ing committed sins. She then removed her jewels, and pre sented them to her relations, saying a few words to each, with a calm soft smile of encouragement and hope. The Brah mins then presented her with a lighted torch, bearing which, " Fresh as a flower just blown, And warm with life, her youthful pulses playing," she stepped through the fatal door, and sat within the pile. The body of her husband, wrapped in rich kinkaub, was then carried seven times round the pile, and finally laid across her knees. Thorns and grass were piled over the door ; and again it was insisted, that free space should be left - , as it was hoped the poor victim might yet relent, and rush from her fiery pri son to the 'protection so freely offered. The command was readily obeyed, the strength of a child would have sufficed to burst the frail barrier which confined her, and a breathless pause succeeded ; but the woman's constancy was faithful to the last ; not a sigh broke the death-like silence of the crowd, until a slight smoke, curling from the summit of the pyre, and then a tongue of flame darting with bright and lightning.like rapidity into the clear blue sky, told us that the sacrifice was completed. Fearlessly had this courageous woman fired the pile, and not a groan had betrayed to us the moment when her spirit fled. At sight of the flame, a fiendish shout of ex ultation rent the air ; the tom-toms sounded, the people clap ped their hands with delight, as the evidence of their murder ous work burst on their view; whilst the English spectators of this sad scene withdrew, bearing deep compassion in their hearts, to philosophise as best they might, on a custom so fraught with horror, so incompatible with reason, and so re volting to human sympathy." Infanticide is, it seems, a crime of almost daily occur rence throughout the province of Cutch, which the natives state to have been a general usage since a marriage of one of their Chief's daughters was followed by disgrace and ruin to some of the Jharejah families. "The young Rajpoot mother," observes our authoress, " holding her first-born to her breast, suffers its natural sustenance to be poisoned at its source, and sees her little infant sink into the sleep of death within her arms." As in the case of the Suttees, the British authorities have striven hard to put an end to this revolting crime of infanticide, but hitherto they have been wholly unsuccessful. Mrs. Postans goes on to give accounts, together with some specimens, of the poetry and traditional literature of the province, as also of iits natural history, its language, and the domestic peculiarities of its inhabitants. The volume is embellished with several coloured prints, and is altogether a very amusing, livehly written work. DUTY AND INCLINATION. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1838. From the diffuseness—and, we fear, we must add, pro lixity—so visible throughout this novel, we suspect tint it is its author's first work ; wherefore we shall not, bear hard upon it, but gently and impartially point out a few of its leading defects, in the hope that they may be remedied in the writer's next production. The tale is wholly of a do mestic character—a representation chiefly of English coun try life—and would appear to be modelled upon the fictions of Miss Austen, more particularly the " Sense and Sensi bility" of that admirable novelist. The incidents, many of which are needlessly spun out, have little of novelty to re commend them ; but they are unexaggerated, which is a great recommendation, and rise one out of the other, in perfect keeping with propriety. At the openinc , of the story we are introduced to a General De Brooke, and his two lovely daughters, Oriana and Rosilia, who inhabit a villa in Somersetshire, of the romantic name of " Mount Zephyr." Unfortunately, however, the General, whose ex penditure has for some time exceeded his means, is com pelled to dispose of this villa, and take up his abode in a cottage in one of the most picturesque parts of Glamorgan shire, where he resides for some time, and where his eldest daughter, Oriana, hastens to fall in love with a young cler gyman, Edmund Phillimore ; her sister, Bosnia, haviqg previously set her the example, by becoming desperately attached to Captain Douglas, a handsome young Scotch man, and brother to Lord Deloraine ; till learning that he is something of a libertine, the magnanimous heroine resolves to sacrifice " inclination" to " duty" and give him up. Thus the young ladies are situated throughout the greatest part of the tale ; but eventually both are made happy. Rosilia marries Captain Douglas, who, on the death of his brother, has become Lord Deloraine ; and Oriana whose first love Phillimore has gone the way of all flesh, accepts a second—or, at least, the writer leads us to infer that she will do so—in the person of a young gentleman yclept Frederick Valpee. The characters throughout this story are correctly, but somewhat insipidly pourtrayed—not in oil, but in water-colours. Old General De Brooke is a virtuous, sentimental twaddler ; and Douglas, for a town roue, one of the most amiable, un offending creatures we ever read of. Oriana wants indi viduality ; but Rosilia, the legitimate heroine of the piece, is a spirited and highly-wrought conception, worthy almost of Miss Austen. The language of the tale is generally diffuse, and in many of the descriptions not a little inflated, as where describing a granddaughter, who is introduced for the first time to her grandfather, a tall, portly man, the author says, " raising himself, he stood as a tower, exalted in mute grandeur ; while she seemed budding at its base, a humble snowdrop ; and as the dewy morn bathes its pure, white petals, so her soft head reclining, the lucid tear be dewed her spotless bosom !" We would honestly recom mend the author when he attempts another fiction, to be ware of indulging in such fustian as the above, and, adopt ing the advice given by Dr. Johnson to Robertson the his torian, to be sure and cut out all his fine passages. We are requested to state that " Nicholas Nickleby" for December, " Athenaeum and Literary Gazette," 29th December, " Cicerone and Post-office Directory" for 1839, will contain full particulars of the New Public Subscrip tion Library, Alexandrian Institution, on the new and ap proved system, which has met with distinguished patronage and success, for supplying all the New Publications through out the British dominions, on a scale of liberality hitherto unprecedented: The particulars may be had immediately on application to E. Smallwood, the librarian, 17, Old Bond-street. Yesterday morning a female named Horn, three years of age, died at the ijoiversity College Hos pital, a few hours after her admission, from injuries received by her clothes having accidentally caught fire. l'i-A-SHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. I. Adm iral Go sse li n and Fam i ly, at the R erners H ote l , Ber ra-street, f rom their seat, Benge ' s Hall, Herts; R. Mosely, lisekand Mrs. M ose l ey , a t di t t o , f rom Bi rm i ng h am; M rs. and rt and family, at ditto, from Brighton ; T. Gordon, E sq ., 14, 3 43 / 4 - A. Gordonat ditto, from Wendover; the R ev . T. " dittn°Pild, at di tto , f rom B ov i ngton ; F . S i twell, Esq , at squa;rona Shears, Sussex; Lord Ellenborou g h, i n Eaton ksr-e' from hi s seat, Southam H o u se , n e ar Ch e l ten h am ; t h e frornqkuia of Lansd owne , at Lansdowne H o us e , B er k e l y - square, of II "j 8 "at. Bo woo d Park, Wilts; the Duke and Duchess th e ilieeleugh, at Montagu House, Whitehila, from a . visit to Oold s Z i o l : Henry and Lady Louisa lAscelles, at their seat, 4 tree t ?" ) ugh, Yorkshire ; Lmd Glenelg, in Great George- H ar " r i Onl Leamington Spa; the Earl and Countess of Eldon, squ are , 11,4)11-place, from a tour; Sir John Shelley, in Belgrave 'Erpl, Ir ° lll Tunbridge -wells ; Lord and Lady Willoughby thei r :'l , .ol3 the Terrace, Piccadilly, from Drummond Castle, e lse to In Perthshire; the Earl of Brecknock, .Grorenor den, • fr om the Wilderness, the seat of the Marquis o Cam in Kent. The Rev. DEPARTURES. Se et J. P. Maurice and the Hon. Mrs. Maurice, from s. erners Hotel, Berners-street, for Rympton, Shelbourne ; Alp s 7ler, Esq., from ditto, for Bewdley ; Mrs. Tryon and Joh n turner, from ditto, for Gladstone, Uppingh tad ltn d Lady Beckett, from Stafford-place, for Brighton , ha ) Alice Peel, on a tour ; the Prince and Princess of Ca ol;tf,Min Mivart's Hotel, for Belgrave-square ; the Earl and I.ittl;,'eBB Mivart's Hotel, from Hyde Park-place, for their seat tiricr'ampton, Sussex ; Lady Charlotte Greville, from ko,Revrater H ouse, the residence of Lord Franc i s E gerton, for Brighton. Grace CHANGES. their the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley, at the r.seat Addington Park, Surrey, from Lambeth Palace ; park and Countess of Winchilsea, at their seat Eastwell ar : near Ashf or d, Kent from St. Leonard's-on-Sea ; Sir M attin, at Brighton, from Lancing; Lord and Lady Ea rl ' Marsha, at at M ote Park, near Maidstone, the seat of the Deehaend Co untess of Romney, from a visit to the Duke and Bud usl9f Buccleuch, at their seat in Scotland; the Marquis 41, o"ll4rtaionees of Downshire, accompanied by Lady C. Hill, 41,p 11 4teY Castle, Ludlow, on a visit to the Hon. Col. Clive, ki d ' , and Lady H. Clive,from a visit to Viscount and Viscountess g et Port, at their seat Cricket Lodge, near Chard, Somer kor;. Lord Haddo, on a tour, from Brighton; the Earl of to ti." and Lord Aberdeen, on a tour of visits, from a visit Y ork s u Earl and Countess of Harewood, at Harewood Hall, . l i hire ; the Earl of Yarmouth, at Turin, from Milan ; Sir 14„,, e s Taylor, Baronet, at Castle Taylor, his seat in Ire- Wu, from Dublin ; the Dowager Lady Huntingtower and the 1 , , ° ; 11 Miss Taimash , at Leamington Spa, from Dover; Lord 1:1lilleston, at Rome, from Milan ; Mr. J. B. East, M.P., 4 Mrs. East, at Stoneleigh Abbey, from Leamington Spa ; 1, 4 „ ° ,, r ti Barham, in town, from his seat, Exton Lodge, in Rut &° sh ire ; Viscount and Viscounte's! Powerscourt, at Turin, fr o - „ 4 , 1 Venice ' • Hon. E. Percial, at St. Leonard's-on- Sea, D eyon ßright on ; Viscount Ebrington, M. P., at his seat hi ~il f from t own ; tbre, Earl and Countess of Zetland and fa e ai f' St 11° Aske 1, Richmond, Yorkshire, from their seat, Se as e, Falkirk. e ex: t e Earl an d C ountess o f V eru l am an d family are N o v o ` ib ted t o l eave Dover in the course of the next ensuing 4 14 ; 1 ; 3 1 '7 Earl o f S urrey and the officers of the Arundel te rta . ' 'amber t roop of Yeomanry Cavalry, give a grand en- L n ment to th at fi ne corps to-day at Arundel. ( n ) rd and Lady Ashburton, the Misses Baring, and ta n ,, t adt Mildmay, arrived at the close of the last Nice from Germany. ci lA rd a nd Lady Vernon arrived yesterday morning 1 4 ° 0 111 rd crighton, in Park-lane, for the season. The Noble %N I ,'" taken the late Mrs. Fitzherbert's mansion at the The of Tylne-street. her G e Ouchess of Cannizzaro is still at Dover, where A ace intend s to remain until the end of the month. o _ Au t• s rian Paper announces that the Queen I Greeee arrived safe at Missolonghi on the 28th of Octo k • and that th e King was waiting there to receive her taty. 1. h e 12i I "rni n , "ke bf R ut l an d l eaves town on Saturday for h e lEselvoir Castle. T* i ilrquis o f D ouro st ill continues to amend in t , K4arl de Grey left Wrest Park in Bedfordshire, '` ) l l 4. °lld .e.Y last, to rejoin the Countess, at Leamingten 4 th of 1 11 18 Lordship returns to St. James's-square on the The en month. ;ea triarl and Countess of Craven will leave Claren- I4 a, at $a in a few days, on a visit to the Dowager Coun 'larustead Park, near Newbury. bake -e r , ° , ll nt Marsham and his Lady (the sister of the p`ikrcit' bucele u h), arrived at Montague House, Privy 't.let e li s ' On Tuesday evening, from the seat of Captain 41 'L Ys ten Park, a n y ear Cambridge ; and yesterday Lady -tet Hoare and Lady John Scott also arrived. H L a a s d t y_ la k s, ikt nt Scott is expected to-morrow, from 44 ity. the Duk e and Duchess of Buccleugh arrived yes eFe u"Yal Hi hness the Landgravine Elizabeth of S - --",r3toburg is g passing the winter at her splendid hotel i tir Wort- on-the-Maine, with occasional visits to the ti lts ea th ri nz principality of Homburg, where her brother oi'n", e .eignin g Landgrave gen . erally resides. It is ti lde "ertain when her Royal Highness will return to "' d, iF or rancis, Ege r t on , M.P., con ti nues at B at h, Leek , r egret t o siy, is still labouring under a stubborn "t h iti e d ° ,! gout. Hi s L ordsh i p an d his lady are not accom ,LY their yout h ful family, who remain at Worsley a l ltar "c Hon. G eorge E gerton i s so j ourn i ng at Gib etli,,fc'r the b enef i t of his health, by the advice of his T h q e latt endant s . I)'t Earl ° Ne • o f Durham' s family mansion, Cleveland ict' 18 Still filled with workmen, who are employed in t t ,3' t in o g os an_ d otherwise embellishing . the interior, prepara k4Peetedue arriv a l of his Lordship and family, who are "con , t° arriv e early next week at Portsmouth, in the . Nl k . :law frigate, of 36 guns, Captain Pring, on parti ',,attah:ervice, was to sail from Quebec on the Ist t ' ll arr at ) e d i i reet . for England. Th_e . household of the Noble Yet . evetand House are making great exertions to get fit to ready for his reception, but the rooms are not ztrti " 1 4) re "ive him. The Countess of Durham, on her Waiti 4 ll ' Will proceed to Windsor, as one of the ladies in her Majesty. 14ttlieke of Beaufort has recovered from his severe 4te of gout The Noble Duke and his Duchess Darc y C of . NVilton, Sir_ John . Shelley, Mr. and tat "leg Smith, Mr. Errington, and a select t ar ,Inner on Monday evening. et e d °4 and Baroness Dimsdale and family are ex. "ell s at Mivart's Hotel, Friday, from Camfield-place, Nt, ',and will proceedon o t n lie following day to Dover, en Th e Paris. titternoe tar' of Wilton arrived in town on Monday less F ° \'•l fre n l Egerton Lodge, Leicestershire. The Conn- Th p ,„.4too await s the Noble Earl's return at the lodge. f ' r l ' i Y - e e 'l ir ar q u is and Marchioness of Winchester and hs oin la , o o Partlet arriv e d on T ues d aN hth gat e , in Cavendish-square, w here the family have been sojourning two 441 P0 8 ri His Lordship h as let his delightful seat called liouse, near Andover, to Sydney Cosby, Esq. TIIRSUN, LONnON, TITURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 18 THE EARL OF DURHAM AND THE CANADAS. neither be for your advantage or mine that I should remain here. My post is where your interests are really decided upon. In Parliament I can defend your rights, declare your wants and wishes, and expose the impolicy and cruelty of proceedings which, whilst they are too liable to the im putation of having originated in personal animosity and party feeling, are also fraught with imminent danger to the welfare of these important colonies, and the permanence of their connection with the British empire. Extracts from Addresses presented to Lord Durham, and from his Lordship's answers, since the d a t e o f t h e an- nouncement of his determination to return to England. EXTRACT FROM THE ADDRESS OF THE PROVINCIAL DE PUTATION OF NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, AND PRINCE EDWARD ' S ISLAND. In a review of the short period of the Government under your Lordship's personal direction, we behold your Lord ship, with that feeling so congenial to Englishmen, which turns with repugnance from the shedding of blood on the scaffold, blending mercy with justice ; while returning tranquillity had already rewarded an Administratio n con ducted without the sacrifice of one human life ; and we were aware that improved laws and institutions were in pre paration, which, under a Government firm, mild, and impar tial, gave to the future the reasonable prospect of restored confidence and renovated prosperity. For the provinces with which we are more personally connected, we saw in the warm interest, the enlightened and comprehensive views, and extensive powers of your Lordship, the dawning of vigour and improvement hitherto unknown. With your Lordship's departure those anticipations will, we fear, fade away ; but, although it should he our lot to see these provinces continue feeble and nerveless compared with the condition at which their natural advantages intitle them to aim, yet shall we ever remember with gratitude the Statesman who, exalted in the first rank, and treading on the highest eminences of poli. tical life in our common country, hesitated not at the call of his Sovereign with disinterested zeal to undertake an office of unparalleled difficulty, and has given to these distant territories the benefit of his enlarged experienc e and vigorous conceptions. Your Lordship's comprehensive mind has opened to our view the animating prospect of great public improvements advancing our common wel fare, and which will ever associate your Lordship's name with the highest prosperity of the Colonies. EXTRACT FROM ADDRESSES OF THE INHABITANTS OF KINGSTON, UPPER CANADA. We cannot but regard your Excellency's departure at this eventful crisis, as productive of disastrous conse quences to our prosperity, and the more so, as it destroys the hopes which we, in common with our loyal fellow-colo nists in this hemisphere, had cherished of your Excellency's administration, as we confidently anticipated that the po licy which your Excellency intended to pursue would be eminently calculated to heal all animosities, restore peace and confidence in our land, strengthen and perpetuate our connection with the parent state, consolidate and promote our commercial and agricultural interests, call into action our vast natural resources and advantages, and by the intro duction of the superabundant capital and redundant popu lation of the mother country, render British America British in fact as well as in name. Without expressing any opinion as to the motives which may have actuated your Excellency's opponents and her ' Majesty's Ministers, we take pleasure in assuring your Excellency that the ordinances which appear to have been the indirect cause of your Excellency's resignation can never be regarded as the edicts of oppression or tyranny, but must ever be viewed by the loyal inhabitants of these provinces as far too favourable to traitors in time of civil disord, and much more lenient than the criminals could have expected. EXTRACT FROM ANSWER. I assumed the Government of the North American provinces with the predetermination to provide for the future welfare and prosperity of them all, never doubting that such a provision would be the best, nay, the only real security for their permanent connection with the British Crown. In communications which have taken place be tween us, and from which I have derived equal pleasure and information, you have been fully apprised of my views and intentions. These you have appreciated and recog nised in a manner for which I can never be sufficiently grateful. I have, indeed, had a difficult and laborious duty to perform. The result of my endeavours, however, is one of which I need not be ashamed. In the short space of little more than three months, I have seen tranquillity restored, and confidence reviving. have caused substantial justice to be administered, tempered by mercy. I have carefully examined, with a view to Tefor mation, all the institutions of the province more im mediately committed to my charge ; and I was on the point of promulgating such laws as would. have afforded protection to all those gieat British interests which had been too long neglected. I had also, as you well know, devoted the most careful attention to all subjects which could affect the general interest of all the colonies, and had brought nearly to maturity the plan which I intended to submit, in the first instance to the consideration of the provinces, and eventually of the Cabinet and the Imperial Parliament. In this, I trust, useful course, I have been suddenly arrested by the interference of a branch of the British Legislature ; in which the responsible advisers of the Crown have deemed it their duty to acquiesce. Under these circumstances, I have but one step to take—to re sign that authority, the exercise of which has thus been so weakened as to render it totally inadequate to the grave emergy which alone called for its existence. EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF TORONTO. The peculiar and unprecedented difficulties in which the affairs of British North America were involved when your Excellency assumed the Government ought to have secured for the acts of your administration the most liberal construc tion, and should have obtained for them the cordial and unwavering support of all those who are interested in the peace and prosperity of these colonies, and the integrity of the British Empire ; and we, therefore, have learned with great concern, as well as with just grounds of apprehension, the position which certain Noble Lords in the British House of Peers have thought it necessary to assume in reference to your Excellency's administration. Deeply and immediately interested in those measures which it is the object of your Excellency to mature, we find ourselves imperatively called upon at this juncture to ex press publicly our confidence in your Excellency, and again to tender to you the assurances of an active and cordial sup port in whatever measures you may devise or adopt having for their object the benefit of all classes of the community ; and we trust your Excellency, undeterred by opposition or misrepresentation on the part of those who are unacquainted with the true interests of the country, will proceed to the accomplishment of those great objects of your mission —the tranquillization of British North America, and the advance ment of her general prosperity. EXTRACT FROM ANSWER. It is at the same time a great consolation to me to reflect, that notwithstanding my having been so abruptly arrested by the proceedings in the House of Lords in the arduous task of restoring peace and providing for your future pros perity, I have yet done much to justify your confidenc e and gain your approbation. What was the state of the Canadas when I assumed the government ? Rebellion bad been but recently quelled, martial law had been proclaimed, and the Habeas Corpus suspended. The gaols were filled with prisoners, and distrust and appreliension pervaded the minds of all classes. Along the whole line of fron tier, from Lake Champlain to Lake St. Clair, the most active hostility against the British Government prevailed, in which Canadian refugees and American bor derers equally participated. The communication be tween the two countries was in a great measure interrupted, and at various points armed incursions took place, life and property were recklessly destroyed, and the chances of pre serving peace between Great Britain and the United States daily diminishing. In three months what was the change ? Martial law superseded—the Habeas Corpus restored—not a political prisoner remained in confinement in the lower province ; nor was there any symptom of the existence of any sedi tious or treasonable movements, until the arrival of the in telligence of the interference of the House of Lords. The state of feelings in the United States, with reference to the Canadian question, had righted itself. The soundest tone pervaded the expression of public opinion, and I had received from all pacts of the States assurances of confi dence in my Administration, and in my desire, as well as my ability, to preserve those amicable relations between the two countries which they, as well as myself', considered necessary for the welfare of both. EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS OF THE CITIZENS OF QUEBEC. We deeply lament the premature discussion in the British Parliament of the measures of your Excellency, and the course there taken, tending as they have done to weaken the moral influence of your Government, to encourage the disaffected, and to create apprehensions in the minds of the loyal. We looked forward with anxiety to the period when we should be put into possession of the result of your Excel lency's labours, which it was hoped would lead to the estab lishment of an efficient system of Government within the colony, protecting the rights of all classes of her Majesty's subjects therein. We are convinced that nothing could more have con tributed to the advantageous settlement of this grave matter than the determination which your Excellency has been pleased to express that you would communicate to the provinces for their consideration whatever plan your Excellency may form for this purpose, before submitting it to the Cabinet and to the Imperial Parliament, thus af fording to the inhabitants of these provinces an opportunity of conveying to your Excellency, and to the supreme autho rity of the empire, a frank and loyal expression of their sen timents thereupon. Convinced of your Excellency's eminent endowments, and of your disposition to promote the great objects con fided to you, and apprehensive of the consequences likely to arise from your now withdrawing from the government of these provinces, we beg leave to express an earnest hope that, notwithstanding these unlooked-for obstructions, your Excellency may be induced to continue to exercise the functions of your high office until you shall have accom plished the important end of your mission, for the attain ment of which your Excellency may rely on our zealous co operation. EXTRACT FROM ANSWER. I do not ret urn to En land from an feelings of dis gust at the t reatment Ig have personally experien ced in y the house of Lords. If I could have been influenced by any such motives, I must" have re-embarked in the very ship which brought me out, for that system of Parliamentary persecution to which I allude commenced from the mo ment I left th e s h ores of England. I return fo r th ese reasons, and these alone—the pro ceedings in th e H ouse of Lords, acquiesced in b y t h e Mi nistry, h a v e d epr i ve d t h e Government of this prov i nce of all moral power and consideration. They have reduced it to a state of executive nullity, and rendered it depen dent on one branch of the Imperial Legislature for the immediate sanction of each separate measure. In truth and in effect, the Government here is now administered by two or three peers from their places in Parliament. I cannot, therefore, consistently with what is due to the in terests of this province and my own character, consent to make myself responsible, for measures emanating from others, and which in in) conscienc e I consider most injurious to your present tranquillity and future welfare. In this, novel and anomalous state of things, it would EXTRACT FROM ANSWER. You have also correctly described the nature and object of the ordinance which has been annulled. It was one of mercy and forgiveness, not of tyranny and oppression. I cannot admit its illegality. It is strictly in accordance with the powers and provisions of the Act of Parliament under which I administer the affairs of this province. I may also remark that transportation to Bermuda has been the con stant practice in both the Canadas. As for its policy—re cent events have, I think, demonstrated its soundness. The late verdict on the trial of the murderers of Chartrand shows how fearful is the danger of exposing the sacred in stitution of trial by jury to the chances of its being abused, under circumstances in which the ordinary considerations of justice, truth, and conscience are superseded by the all absorbing power of party feeling. Knowing well that such would be the result if the ordinary forms of judicial procedure were resorted to, I determined on acting on the powers conferred by the Act of Parliament, which I believed to have been passed by the Imperial Legislature, not from the abstract love of despotism, but from a conviction of the necessity which existed for supplying the Government here with means proportioned to the exigency of the case, and arming it with weapons sufficient to put down revolt, and eradicate treason. It has pleased the House: of Lords to decree other wise, and to declare by its enactments, on one day that the fre e an d repr esentative Constitution of a colony shall be suspended, and a provisional despotism created, and on the next, that the consequences of that Act are not to be followed out, or its powers enforced, even whilst they admit that it would be for the advantage of the public service. I bow with submission to their decree, but I never will acknowledge its policy or equity. EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF NIAGARA We read with dismay and alarm the proceedings of the British House of Peers, casting a reflection on a part of your Excellency's administration. Whether these pro ceedings emanated from a spirit of philanthropic patriotism, or were the offspring of envious faction, we do not pre sume to decide. But we cannot withhold our opinion that this uncalled-for measure is fraught with dangerous conse quences to the Colonies and the Empire, by destroying that confidenee which your Excellency had restored—by es tranging those affections which your Excellency bad re claimed—by blighting that prospect which an unhappy people had vainly hoped was about to open to their view. Tell our Gracious Queen that her loyal Canadian subjects owe her a debt of gratitude for the appointment of your Excellency, and that they lament the State necessity which compels you to return. There, under the protection of the Throne and the people, complete that work which here you have so nobly begun, and in which you have been SD untimely interrupted ; and transmit to us, or may we hope, personally to deliver to us a Constitution which may perpetuate the British connection, and will impress upon our minds the remembrance of your virtues. In addition to the above addresses and answers, the Grand Jury, the Magistracy, and all the other influential public bodies in the Upper Province, have presented simi lar testimonies of their deep regret at his Lordship's de parture. As the answers given to them by the Noble Earl are merely repetitions of the selections which we have made, it is unnecessary to fill our columns with them. Unlike the case of the schoolmaster of Syracuse, a brick in this instance is a fair sample of the building. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The name of the unfortunate man who was shot a few nights since at the gate of the Tuileries is at length disco vered. He was a grenadier of the 58th Regiment of the Line en conge, and was named Nicholas Fohr ; he was and la ! Madeleine . i ved a t Hhouse Majesty,of having father of this young man was in a state indigence, has most generously sent him a and has fixed on him an annual pension oopbo learned f n o n r er l t sd h eoe 2 n e or i ti fn ß igo y i o l e f a u u a Gt l plre years Boulevard lio o g r e( =p f d nf a a. d , g n e e . : THE GUARD OF THE CHATEAU.—The shot of the rue de Rivoli has revealed the existence of an enormous abuse in a Representative Government. This shot was fired in rallying conformity with an order or countersi g n which is not that of Paris, and is not conformable to militar y r egulations. What Minister is res p onsible for this ord er — the Minister of War, Chief of the Troops of the Line, or the Minister of the Interior , from whom arises the Nationa l Guard ? Neither to the one or the other. This de p lorabl e event establishes a fa ct that all the citizens called u p o n to the service of the N ational Guard at the chateau of th e Tui lei ies should o bserve. This chateau is in the he art of P ar is, like a fortres s occu p ied b y a forei g n garrison, and which may be c om p ared to the fortress of Luxembo urg , in the province w hose name it bears. The p osts of the Na tional Guard a nd those of the line are a pp arentl y p l aced under the o rders of Marshal Lobau, but in realit y the au thority of the Marshal ceases after the p arade, and the _o andh thes soldiers ie of r s t h of e the line N two troops once re tired to their p osts, r espectively obey diff e rent orders ; the countersi g n is do uble , if not t r iple a nd strange confusion has often happe ne d amongst the patrols in consequence of the v ar i e t y of these words. At night t muskets bx e .c are furnished with cartridg es , an d l oad ttl'heaeitrNioanmtail Guardnuo sk al et are empty. After the closi ng o f t h e gates, s; th g e rt Guards on duty in the garden are relieved by sentinels of the line for the whole of the night. We believe even that a recent order has suppressed the sentinel of the National Guard placed opposite one of the line under the vestibule of the chateau. It is then, above all, that these various serious arious results.countersignsln the middle of the night ar e mixed, an d are liable produce a National Guard sentinel saw a concealed door open, a man in a military uniform, and armed to the teeth, came out ; to the qui vivo of the sentinel this man replied by a myste rious sign, which was neither the word of order nor the rallying word, but which made him known as one of the sur veillants charged, during the night, with a private guard in the interior of the palace. These men, whom every body may see during the day in a sort of uniform, and armed only with a sword, form a complete militia, the stronger because it is composed of old soldiers of tried and devoted bravery, and may be augmented indefinitely. These men have never given the public or the national guard any reason to complain in consequence of their ostensible functions, and the reports established be tween them and the posts. Our objection only applies to their quasi military organisation, by which they are in some some sort made body guards, placed out of the pale of legal and regul ar order. Not only do these surveillants do the night service armed, but they exercise during the whole time of the guard a sort of command over the sentinels of the line, whom they inspect, and to whom they explain the countersigns. we cannot imagine how this sort of com mand agrees with that of the chiefs of posts. These cir cumstances, which are known to all the National Guards of Paris, will, doubtless, be exposed before the Court-martial, and they will be of great service in the defence of the ac cused. It must be concluded that the military guard of the chateau is organised in opposition to the laws, and the ordinary responsibility under a command arbitrary and n)t under controul. A citizen has been killed in execution of a countersign unknown, and which the citizens are not ex pected to know. What prevents the chief who gave this countersign to order the sentinels to fire upon every pas senger who does not answer to the qui vive ; or does not obey the injunction of " Walk further off?" The rumour of a misunderstanding having occurred be tween Sir Robert Stopford and the French Admiral in command of the Mediterranean fleet is considered of so much moment by the French Government as to merit spe cific notice in the Moniteur, which official print formally states, in its impression of Tuesday, that there was not ti.v sligl,te, , ,t pound tor huppos:ng that the two Admirals i, , ,u,, on other than the best terms. In a letter from the Correspondent of the Constitutionnel at Berne, dated the 16th inst., it is said :—" We have re ceived this morning the news of the removal of the Duke de Montebello, and the appointment of Baron Mortier in his place. This has caused the most lively satisfaction, not only among the immense majority of the people, but among all the authorities who owe their existence to the revolutions in the cantons effected since the days of July." The Nouvellisle states that the six months' leave of ab sence recently suspended in consequence of the difference between France and Switzerland is on the point of being granted to all the regiments of the army, with the excep tion of those stationed on the northern frontier. THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE IN FRANCE.--" According to the general return of the electors of the department of Moselle, published on the 20th of October last, that de partment, with a population of 427,250 inhabitants, only contains 1,713 electors, or one elector for every 250 inha bitants. " Now France, on a general average, contains one elector for every 166 inhabitants ; so that the department of the Meurthe is, in that respect, in an inferior condition as re spects the greater part of France. " The district of Metz has a population of 150,811 in habitants and 891 electors, or an elector for every 169 inha bitants, which is nearly the mean proportion indicated for the entire of France. " The district of Brieg has 62,946 inhabitants and 366 electors, or oit elector for every 236 inhabitants. " The district of Tl;:lnaville has a population of 87,520 souls and 312 electors, or ow, t'lector for every 280 inha bitants. " Finally, the district of Sarreguemines, with a popula tion of 125,973 inhabitants, has only 244 electors, or one elector for every 516 inhabitants. " These returns are official, and appear to us an insuper able argument in favour of electoral reform."—Courrier de la Moselle. - According to letters received from Algiers, the ball given by the colonists to Marshal Clausel took place on the 16th, in the saloons of the Hotel Latour du-Pin ; so brilliant an assembly has not been seen in Algiers for a long time ; the rooms were crowded. A great number of officials accepted the invitation which was given them, but not one General was present. Marshal Clausel on enter ing received the congratulations of the principal colonists and natives, and remained a long time among his friends. The Seniinelle des Pyrenees says that the Carlist column commanded by Tarragual had made an incursion into Upper Arragon along the Pyrenees, and that on the 13th the Carlist Chief was master of the road from Lanfranc to Jaca, which circumstance explained tho delay in the arrival of the Spanish mail. Between Lanfranc and Urdax Tar ragual had carried off a convoy, with 400,000 f. in money, on its way from Pauli to Saragossa. He had also stopped three deputies, a superior officer of the Queen's troops, and some merchants, who had taken advantage of the protec tion of the escort. The political Chief of Saragossa had received a despatch from the Avuntamiento of Caspe, dated the 11th instant, announcing that the Carlists, who entered that place on the Ist, quitted it only on the 11th in the direction of Maella. Their artillery had been sent off the day before. The conduct of the troops who had defended Caspe is represented as admirable. The same journal quotes a letter of the 9th inst.from Logreno, to the effect that the Carlists had surprised at Munilla, a village between Viana and Lo grono, a detachment of twenty-five men of the Provincial Regiment of Salamanca, escorting a convoy. The whole of the escort were shot, with the exception of five, who, though wounded, succeeded in reaching Logrono. Two of the latter had since died. The General-in-Chief had or dered an equal number of Carlist prisoners to be shot on the very spot where the Christine detachment had been surprised. The Flare of Bayonne gives a letter of the 13th inst. from Saragossa, stating that of fifteen sergeants shot on the previous day in that city, in reprisal for the Christine pri soners massacred by Cabrera's orders, seven, on their own confession, were monks. It was rumoured that Cabrera, on learning the executions at Valencia, Saragossa, Marcia, and Alicant, had ordered all the Christine prisoners at Cantavieja to be shot, but that the Commandant of that place had refused to obey the order'. FBENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, NOVEMBER 211 Five per Cents., 111 f sc. 10c. sc. 1111. Three per Cents. WE 10c. 20c. 15c. 10c. Bank Actions, 2,750 f. Itente de Naples, 1021.. 3'c. 40c. 45c. Roman Five per Cents.. 10: %. Spanish Actives, 174 1 634 17. Spanish Passives, 3%54. Belgian Bank, 1480 f. 1,4851. Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 2014. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. Onemonth, paper, 25f. 35e. ; money, 25f. 35c. Three months, paper, 25f, 25-.; money, 251. 25c. LATEST PRICES. Five per Cents. 111 f. Three per Cents., 821. 10c. Bank Actions, 2750 f. Romans, 10134. Belgian Bank, 1,485 f. Spanish Actives, 17. Spanish Passives, 334. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 13.—The Congress of Deputies assem bled for a short period yesterday, and dispatched some routine business, which presented no feature of interest to the foreign reader. Towards the conclusion of the session Senor Martin moved for an interpellation of the Govern ment on the deplorable state of Toledo and La Mancha, which has been fixed for to-day, should the Ministers think well of appearing in their places to answer for the abandon ment and desolation of the former of these provinces in par ticular. The Conde de las Navas also moved for a discus sion on the subject of the illegal co-existence, as he con siders it, of the capital in a state of siege, and the delibera tions of the Legislature. The President, Senor Isturiz, replied that he would inform the Government, as in the case of the interpellation of Senor Martin on the state of Toledo, &c. It was announced by the Secretary that General Seoane had been appointed Chairman of the Committee named to draw up the address to the speech from the Throne, and Senor Olozaga as Secretary—rather strange materials for preparing a reply to the speech of a Moderado Cabinet. Olozaga, I understand, has been charged with drafting the document, though Martinez de la Rosa is one of the Committee. Something similar has occurred in the other Chamber. When the question of drawing up the address was mooted, the Duke of Bailen observed, I understand, that Senor Calatrava was the fittest person for this pur pose ; but the latter having objected on the score of his having many disagreeable truths to introduce into such a document, he was answered by the Duke of Bailen, that he might introduce as many as be pleased, but that he should undertake the task. This view being seconded by one of the bishops present, Calatrava consented to the task, demanding Quintana, the Director of the National Col leges, &c., as his colleague in the undertaking. The Ga ze tt e o f t hi s morning contains a most dangerous and imprudent decree, dissolving the juntas of reprisals, established all over the provinces, and formally recognised, a short time ago by the Government which now inconsis tently dissolves them. Dissolve, indeed, at the beck of the Duke of Fritts! No, not one. On the contrary, it is most likely that this very decree will only add to the oppo sition which it was meant to put down. HANO VER. " The President of the Equestrian Order at Bremen,' says a letter of the 11th instant from Hanover,'` has con voked the Provincial States for the 30th instant at Stade, to take into consideration the question of the Constitution. As these States are composed, in great part, of members of the equestrian order, we may be assured that it will be discussed and decided upon with all due solemnity." A fraction of the German opposition is desirous of see ing on the throne of Hanover the Duke of Sussex. This Prince would be the legitimate heir to the crown of of Hanover if, conformably to the old Germans laws, the son of the present sovereign were declared incapable of reigning on account of his blindness. King Ernest, on his side, is making every effort, though hitherto without suc cess, to ensure the throne to his son and t o o bt a i i i a formal recognition of the principle that blindness is not one of the bodily defects which can prevent a Sovereign from reigning over a portion of the Germanic people. The Hanoverians, however, who are already much dissatisfied with the father, feel but little sympathy for the son, and their compassion for his misfortune is no recommendation with them in such a case. The well-known German poli tical writer, Kluber, has declared in favour of the Duke of Sussex and his descendants, in a remarkable paper sub mitted to the Germanic Diet, which, however, has hitherto paid no attention to the subject. The throne of Hanover thus appears likely to be the subject of much contestation, and King Ernest's proceedings have considerably augmented the chances of his son's opponents."—Commerce. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, NOV. 1 8..--CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 19.—The draft of the address being brought up, several members objected to its being immediately discussed. Instead of the draft of the address being printed and dis tributed among the members, in time for them to examine it deliberately, as the Chamber had decided, this extremely long document had been put into their hands just at the commencement of the sitting, so that it had not been pos sible to consider either the substance or the form. M. Metz, far from assenting to this objection of M. Bollez, moved that the address be voted at once, without any discussion, which was rejected. The first nine paragraphs were adopted without any al teration. The tenth paragraph having been read, M. de Brouckere p ro p ose d t h at to the last phrase—" Great Bri tain, to whi c h B e l g i an i s also attached by close t i es, will not forget that it derives many advantages from our na tionality"—should b e added the following words , , And thltii,nality the other Powers , which, with Fiance a n d U : cat B r i ta i n, compose t h e C on ference, and which h as h a d occas i on, f or t h ese e i g h t y ears , to appreciate the pacific intentions and upright character of the Belgian ' people, will find a pledge of r;,?ace for the future." The paragraph was adopted, with the p'*oposed addition. In the 11th paragraph M. Prison o.tiected to the phrase, " We are ready to bear more than our sh&re in the burden of the debt with which Holland is charged ;" and pro posed to substitute for it, " We are ready to bear our le gitimate share of the burden." It was resolved,. after some discussion, to leave out the phrase entirely, insteld of adopting M. Trison's amendment ; the Honourable Mem ber assented, and the paragraph, with the omission of the. phrase, was adopted. The President asking whether the Chamber would proceed to the final vote, M. Grudelien proposed, that after it wus voted the reporter should re vise to correct a few grammatical faults, probably errors of the press ; but this was declined, and the address unanimously voted by the 83 Members present. A de putation to present the address was appointed. BRUSSELS, Nov. 19.—We are informed (says the Cozirrier Beige) that the King has replied to the de putation of the Chamber of Deputies, which he received to-day at one o'clock, in very conciliatory terms. His Ma jesty said that he saw with satisfaction the unanimity which exists between the Chambers and the Government on the serious questions which require the concurring efforts of all for the preservation of our rights. BRUSSELS, Nov. 20.—The King and Queen were yes terday at the theatre to witness the performance of Robert le Diable. Their Majesties were received at their entrance with acclamations such as were never before heard in that theatre. The public desired to testify to their Majesties how highly it approves the policy of the Government, vi Ljeh is forcibly expressed in the Speech from the Throne, an d i n .L 'e Addresses of the two Chambers. Fifteen French officers, rib° have been for some years in Belgium, are going to return tC: their own country. They will re ceive the Cross of the Milita7 Oorder of Leopold. NAPLES, Nov. 6.—Yesterday evening the Theatre of St. Charles was splendidly illuminated in honour of her Majesty the Queen Dowager of England. All the mem bets of the Royal Family now at Naples will be present_ The Kin.' was expected yesterday, but the weather was so bad the night before last and all yesterday, that his de parture from Palermo was delayed, and he will not be here till to-night. The enthusiasm with which their Majesties were received in all the towns of Sicily exceeds all expec tation. At Catania and Syracuse the whole population came to meet them with shouts of Viva el Re. At Palermo , the fetes were extremely magnificent. The city was splen didly illuminated for three nights, every body viing with his neighbour, as the ladies did in the three grand performances in the theatre. We hear that their Majesties intend to return to Naples by the mid dle of December. Every thing has been for some time prepared to light the city with gas. The pipes to the Royal Palace and Toledo are already laid down. Much is also doing to improve various parts of the city ; the handsome new iron railing along the whole of the quays and the harbour is nearly completed. But what deserves especial praise, and for which the citi zens of Naples are particularly indebted to the King, is the laying out of two fine cemeteries in the English and French fashion, one of which is nearly finished. Thus the odious custom ceases of casting the dead of each day into the vaults of the churches, or into one common pit ; each wilt now have its own grave. BELGIAN k UNDS—Buuseets, Nov. 20 Actual Debt, 2 36 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. ... 3 per Cent. 6.5y. Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent .......... ........ 97 Society of Commerce, 4Y4per Cent. 144 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 143 National Society . ••• .• ...... 124 —Brussels Papers, Nov. 20. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vrawbre, Nov. 12 Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. lOO% Three per Cents. Bank Shares •..••• __ _ 149332 —AllgemeineZeitung, NOV. 17. No orders have yet been received here to prepare the Palace for the reception of her Majesty.—Brighton Guardian. RUSSIA. The St. Petersburgh Papers of the 6th instant mention, that l e ave has been extended for six years, from 1839, to the captains . and c rews o f a ll R uss i an vesse l s to i mport an d se ll all merchandize, and to purchase of the merchants o f tho two first guilds Russian merchandize for exportation. This privilege, 1 , :_luch is the same as is enjoyed by foreign vessels, i s to b e i n to : Ice only in the case of Russian vessels arriving direct from, or sailing direct to, foreign ports. Fines and loss of privilege arc :o accompany the carrying on . of commerce of this kind on seem tof the capta in s and :. crews by persons not enrolled in the guill s above menti▪ oned. Extract of a letter from St. Petersburg!) of i the 6thnst. —" All the Jews have lately been ordered to leave the towns of Nicolajew and Sebastopol ; but to supply their places, and to increase the number of Christian inhabitants, great privileges and advantages are offered to merchants . , traders, and artisans, who will establish themselves there, and more particularly to those who will build hous es. In i consequence of the discovery of a conspiracy n . Lithuania and the western provinces, the Emperor has, in virtue of the criminal laws, ordered that the property of all persons arrested on suspicion of being engaged in these p;ots shall be immediately sequestered, without waiting for thei r▪ con demnation." ODESSA, OCT. 9.8.—1 mentioned in my last the hatred of the natives of the Caucasus for their Russian oppressors ; to-day we have received intelligence corroborating the par ticulars I communicated to you on the subject. The prin cipality of Djarobelizsensk, which disposed in so summary a man ner of its Russophile Governor, Prince Semerdzize new is now administered by the Russian General Lachinoff. The latter, desirous to avenge the murder of his predeces sor, had sent in quest of those he termed rebels to the country several detachments of Cossacks, who, to his great astonishment, were disarmed and arrested, and some of them killed, by the natives. All the inhabitants, who were afraid of being suspected, have gone to join the insur gent mountaineers, and are now waging a destructive guerilla warfare against the Russians. Reinforcements have arrived in the principality of Djarobelizserisk ; but the authorities had not dared to send them in pursuit of the fugitives, lest the entire population should resolt against them. We are positively assured that General Golowine has addressed to the Emperor a despatch, in which he an nounced that all the nations of the Caucasus, including the Georgians, manifested symptoms of revolt, and that he did not consider himself capable of reducing them to obedience with the 80,000 men he had under his orders, the more so as the troops themselves were not animated with the best spirit, and that each day copies of incendiary proclamations, addressed to the inhabitants and army of Caucasus, wire found in the hands of the st;l.lliers. In consequence of this state of thing s , G enera l G o l ow i n e has ordered the troops into the fortresses and strong places, and left at the ad vanced posts only a few regiments of Cossacks of the Don, on whose loyalty he can rely. According to private ac counts, the two Cabardahs and the coast of the Black Sea had been almost abandoned to the mercy of the Cireosian mountaineers.—Commerce. That favourite violinist Mr. C. A. Seymour, who was one of the earliest and most distinguished pupils of the Royal Academy of Music, and who subsequently had the honour for several years of holding the appointment of Leader in her Majesty Queen Adelaide's private band, is now, with his talented wife, also a distinguished pupil of the Academy, located at Manchester. We are glad to find that the talents of these artists are appreciated. WQ find in a Manchester Contemporary that, at a concert last Thursday, the fair lady is thus announced :—" Marliani's aria, Stanca di piiz, introduced a debutante in the person of Mrs. C. A. Seymour, wife of the able Leader of these and the gentlemen's concerts. She has a mellow contralto voice, of good round tone, which she possesses considerable power of modulating ; and her singing is free from many of the vices of English vocalists, especially from that besetting one of overlaying simple melodies with intricate ornament. We regard this lady as a decided . acquisition to our resi dent vocal corps." Some weeks ago we noticed a clock of very re markable construction, now in the window of the clock department at Mr. Cox Savory's of Cornhill ; our readers will remember that its peculiarity consisted in its appearing to perform without any mechanism, the hands being in the centre of a perfectly transparent pane of glass. The " Mechanics' Magazine" for the last three weeks has con tained several interesting articles on the subject, and also diagrams to show the mode in which this magic clock is made to perform. Six or seven various plans are suggested as the m eans b y w hi c h t h e movemen t is accomplished , b ut all the pl ans a p pear t o presen t more or less l di ffi cu lty % r uto make them p ro d uce th e precise effect of the Cox Savory's window. To save trouble to see the clock , übleto thoseo ok fou it r . readers who may like to visit Cornhi ll , o rs . Savory 1. sin hay, the several: window from ok G establishments may bbe wel well to ntb ot remark st r ( e a o s o t the Me that at thiss of the clock department , thr ee doors racech urch : - street, and by comparing tboir ingenuity th may possibly the the " Mechanics' Ma g azine, s uggest the plan by which this mechanical puzzle is ac complished. DOG-CART CRUELTY.—In a case brought before the Lambeth-street Magistrates yesterday, where a fellow was proved to have employed a dog in dragging a heavy cart, while the poor animal was suffering severely from starvation and a large wound in its shoulder, Mr. Tubbs ex pressed a hope that the time w as no t f ar distant when. the Legislature would interfere, and put down altogether so disgraceful a nuisance. In the interim be thought it would be a good deal abated by furnishing the tax-collector in the district with the names of all persons brought before Ma gistrates for cruelty of +his description, that they might be surcharged for their dogs ; and directed the chief clerk to do so on the present occasion. The defendant was con victed in the penalty of 205., or one month at the treadmill.